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The Grenada gazette., 1887-10-01
YOUTHS DEPARTMENT.
TEN RoeeER TOES.


4hero 10 story that have been told,
And it's just as old as babies are old;
For sweet Mother Eve, rs every one knows,
Tod to her babies the tale of the toes-
Told to her babies how ten little toes,
Each ono ~ pink ~ the pinkest pink rose,
Once on time were naughty and bad,
And sorrow and trouble In consequence hadS
How the big toe wanted batter and bread
After his mamma had put him to bed;
And this lying next said: "S'pcscn We g
Down 10 the pantry and get It, you know"
And this wicked toe cried: Como along, quick
Let's sugar the butter ever 10 thick"
And this naughty toe said: "Jelly for me-
Top Of the butter and sugar, you see."
And this little toe cried: "Goodyl lets -;
Wen slip down the stairs so quiet and SLOW"
S ten robber toes, all tipped with red,
S S.,le silently out Of their snowy white oedi
While this wicked toe, so jolly and fat,
Helped nine naughty toes to pitty-patpst
Along the big hall, with pillars Of white,
And down the back stairs devoid Of light.
Then this little toe got terrible scare.
For he thought In the dark Of . grizzly bear.
And this little toe said: "Nurse must be right
Bout gobbles and witches living at night"
And this little toe said: "A fox may be hid
In the hat.rack box right under the lid."
And this little toe cried: "Dearie mel oh,
Lions and tigers Is coming, know"
Then mamma came out with the beautiful
light,
Caught ten robber toes all ready for flight.
Yes, she caught and kissed those ten robeeT
toes
1lll redder they were than any red rose.
lille n. Barr, in ~ Y. Independent.
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IN A FIERY FURNACE.
How Crude Pig Iron Is Refined an
shaped In Rolling Mills,

How Crude Pig Iron Is Refined and
Shaped In Rolling Mills.
10 trace a lump of crude pig iron
through the processes that refine and
shape it for use is an interesting ex-
perience, aud darkness adds to the
stranseness and weird aspect Of the
scene. This is the way it looks to an
uninitiated observer. The process be-
gins with the pudding furnaces.
Ranged about the sides Of the
great building are score of
furnaces of peculiar construc-
ton. These furnaces, which
are low and fiat are charged with some
hundreds f pounds Of broken pig iron,
which is fused by the intense heat and
1t becomes scmi-auid. Then comes the
hard work Of ofpuddling. which is simply
knsading the half molten iron. Be-
fore the furnace the puddler stands,
and, thrusting a heavy iron bar
anrough small hole in the door. he
works and turns the pssty mass, FORM
ing it into hugo balls which must be
carefully kept separate from eacl,
{ other else they fuse together into a
mass which can not be removed unless
: the furnace be taken apart. At night
1.-THE scene in the puddling-mill is weird
and picturesque in the extreme.
Here and there in the darkness glow
the fiery eyes Of the furnaces flashing
"a bright light upon the swarthy and
half nude forms Of tho workmen az
they tug and pull on tho molten metal
with long iron bars. The rearing Of
The fires, the hiss Of escaping steam
and the clang Of iron bars sid to the
-wildnsss of tho scono.
For about an hour and 4 half the
knsAdlng process continues before the
METALS to be withdrawn. This mssna
lncessant labor by The puddlsr: ~
Aahos n Ahs Aardsss lad ko(tert NJ
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With no clothing but pair OF over
alls. and working in temperature O
one hundred and sixty degrees. tn
men perspire 50 freely that streams o
water run from their bodies As lon!
as the perspiration continues freely
they are safe, and to insure its con
tinuancc they drink freely of water
gulping down three or four gallons il
a day without any injurious results.
But if the perspiration should stop and
the men continue to work, prostratiot
would soon follow. The heat is so in
tense and the work so cnervating that
the puddlers, after standing before the
furnance for an hour and half. resi-
three quarters Of an hour before resun-
ing operations. An hour and hall
of pudding and the iron is ready to be
drawn. Up goes the door Of the fur
mace, showing mass nf flame ton
dazzling to look upon with the naked
eye. With big pair Of tongs lump
OF glowing iron Is picked out Of the
flames and swung along to the
"squeezer. This is a circular re-
volving machine that takes the mis-.
shapen mass Of iron and rolls it over
and over, crushing it into a rough
block of solid iron. The "squeezer'
is suggestive of pair of monster jaws
crunching and crushing the molten
food which is thrust into it, while the
melted cinder trickles out between its
huge teeth. After leaving the
"squeez' ~ the lump of iron is ready
to be ro led into shape. and this fur
nishes The most interesting of the pro-
cesses.
Away across the iron floor upon an
iron truck goes the lump from the fur
mace. A huge engine. with its cylin'
der high up in the air. turns the rolls,
and as the lump of iron is thrust be-
tween the rolls there is trembling Of
the ground as it is caught and pulled
through. Back it comes through an
other part of the rolls, more regular in
shape and much larger than when it
started. Back and forward it goes and
comes through the rolls. faster and
faster, until it comes through the last,
roll and rushes across the floor in a
serpentine path. looking veritable
reptile of hideous appearance A
workman clutches the glowing snake
by the tail with a pair of tongs and
drags it aside. Another man thrusts
it before a swiftly revolving saw;
there is deafening noise and shower
of sparks and the iron bar is nearly
cut in two pieces. A few blows
from huge wooden mallet to straight
en- the red-hot bars and they are
dragged aside to cool.
To one unaccustomed to such sights
a rolling-mill appears as a place Of
wild confusion and disorder The
rumble Of the rolls, the rattle and
clash Of the tongs and chains, the
crash of the huge saws as they cut the
red-hot bars asunder. and the ever.
flying shower Of sparks, make pan.
demonium for a nervous person. Even
a steady man Is apt to be startled by
sudden yell by one of the hurrying la.
borers, or by an explosion like that OF
a cannon close by his side. A stream
OF water constantly plays upon the
rolls and as it occasionally gets into
the cracks in the red.hot iron passing
through the rolls. there is an explo.
sion that echoes far up the hill across
the river Philadelphia Record
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No Regard for Her Feelings.

An Austin family has a colored scrv.
ant that, while very .sttentive to her
duties. has never been known To give
any body civil answer. Purely As an
experiment the lady Of the house
bought her . new calico dress, and
gave It to her, saying:
Il am glad to have the pleasure,
Matildy, Of giving you this dress"
"Yer mout hab had dat pleasure
long ago, Of yer had any regard 70
my feelings" was the gracious reply
-Harper's Magazine.
The Grenada gazette., 1887-10-01
EBoNiZlN0 WOOD.

A Comprehensive Account Of the Process
Employed in France.
One Of the most ingenious as well as
serviceable methods practiced by
French artisans In wood Is that by
which is produced . complete resen,-
blance in the color. beauty and density
Of ebony by the skilful use Of charcoal
upon the surface. None but carefully
selected woods of close and compact
grain are employed for this purpose,
and these are covered In the first place
with a coat Of camphor dissolved in
water, and almost immediately after
with another coat composed chiefly Of
,ulphate Of iron and nutgalL The
two combinations In blending penc.
trate the wood and give 1t m
indelible tinge, and ct the same
lime render 1t impervious to the
attacks Of insects. On these two
coats becoming suficisntly dry. the
surfaces a tho wood 10 rubbed a first
with very hard brush Of couch grass
and then with charcoal Of substances
as light and friable - possible. the
tact being that II . single hard grain
remains in the charcoal II will scratch
the surface, which should be pcrsectly
smooth. The fiat parts are rubbed
with natural stick charcoal. the IN.
dcnted portions and crsvicss with
a Ill 4 : : y. a. E~. Z
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Losing Thsir Grip.

Passenger Ito Chicago drummer) :
Do you know, sir. shat the Interstate
Commerce Commission has declared
that drummers are not privileged per.
sons1
Chicago Drummer (casily)-I'vs
heard 80.
Passenger (politely) Well win you
be kind enough to take your feet o6
the only vacant seat In tho car and
permit me to sit downf-M Y Sam
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reading may seem yerv d., :.
like you. but that you will be ~ n,as %,
for. as 1t will only take two hd"sip ,"epa''a
day" "ours eacl
miss Meredith" said R,,n, =,
not mind any thing, If | can p"' on,r las
the lady, and earn some mousy ' ,pN p'ea''
mother: It's dreadful" he s%da? ,St
confdentially. "to grow 50 IA fast aaaed' .sse
eat so much as do" ' '''u@
It wasn't the very pleasente,. y,
in t the world for a boy who liked n aas a'al.
oall and cricket and lively g,nas y. !.
spend two hours day reading se.s. R. '..,' .
Saints Rest andC ems rouriolS s.s. S....
to . blind old lady. but Ralph did M !.
Mrs. Merrifeld took great FAM, fan y !.
him from the moment she pa,,s1 '; H.
fine wrinkled hands ever lin r .r,,s ~
young face, and the longer be c.m. s |
her. the more pleased she was, ,ayi..
now and then to Miss Meredith: w
There's good blood tiew. nv ~.
The little lads gentleman
She could not see him color p,iufr,h
one day when she felt lh tare vr;.s
and OWNED the outgrown Jacket IN Il;
she had too delicate a sense Of h;s NJ.
ural pride to send him the order n, ~,
new suit Of clothes, which she had y.
solved upon for his birthday present
until fortnight later. Miss Meredith
had happened to mention the hy'.
birthday.
Before Mrs. Merrifeld sent her p;A
she had a good excuse for doing ~ =
Ralph was sitting by the window: A
pause had come in the reading. Tbs
old lady liked to stop now and then "a
consider what her favorite author had
been saying. Suddenly, with hurried;
II beg your pardon; l must 90, tn.
boy dashed out of the room, as il h
had been stung by a hornet leaving
his patron with uplifted hands in ,
state of amazcmcnt. Never had thh
gentle boy behaved in 90 unparalleled
q manner.
A moment later he was back, bear.
ing in his arms q beautiful dark-eyed
child, whose little dress was stained
with mud, while her hand was bleed.
ing from, a sharp scratch. ASkye ter
rier brought up the rear, barking vio.
lcntly. and q very much demoraixd
maid came struggling after.
''Oh, grandma! grandmar' cried the
little girl. 'Iwould have been runned
over if this big boy had not jumped
down from the sky just in time"
"Just in time" barkod tho skye ter
rier.
''And where were you, Melusine,"
inquired the old lady, severely, Of the
maid, who was ashamed to tell ths
truth. which was that she had forgotten
her little charge, while gossiping with
a tall policeman, who in his turn wa
unmindful of his duty. and did not Oh
serve the horses which came whirlins
round the corner faster than the Law
allowed.
1t was after that Mrs. Merri6eld seli
the order for the new suit. But | think
there was greater merit in the steady
self-denial which made the boy ready
to give up two solid hours day to ur
congenial work. than in the sudden
impulse which sent him out to snatch
a baby from peril.
He is proving himself very charm
ing man Of the house. though Unclt
Ichabod still grumbles at Jemlmas
wilfulness in spelling that boy,-Aa'
garet E. Songster. in HarpeTs foss
People.
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A LOST ACCOMPLISHMENT.
Oays When Letters Were Worth Watchin
For ana Worth Having.


For ana Worth Having.
Cheap postage. postal cards and tho
telegraph have almost crowded letter
writing into place among the lost
arts. When It cost twenty-five cents
to send communication to 4 distant
relative or friend 1t was . matter Of
some conseqlehce to get ones moneys
worth. Letters were days in prepara-
ton, and the writer was careful to omit
no detail. This was especially true Of
family correspondence. Letters re-
ceived in those days were worth watch.
ing for and worth having. They were
descriptive Of what the author had seen
and heard. contained . message to each
member Of the family. and were laid
aside for a.sccond and third perusal.
The husband and father who goes
away from home nowadays telegraphs
his safe arrival at his destination In ten
words, sends > postal card to the same
effect, or at most writes 4 letter Of 3
dozen lines. knowing that II any thing
Of Importance happens two cents will
carry the news or an hour will suffice
for . telegram. The days Of long
letters are over. A single sheet
Of note paper is enough to contain
the average business, friendly or family
communication. Years ago the CORES
pondence Of bright and able men was
worth publishing for the descriptions
and opinions 1t contained. volumesof
letters have been printed, and excellent
reading they made. But the CORES.
pondcnce Of prominent and busy men
Of to-day, even to their wives and fam.
ilies, would b largely taken up with
dates and signatures. That b tho ten.
dency Of the times. Reduced postal
rates might.increase the number Of lot.
ters written, but Il would not make
Them longer or more readable. The
change d only ono Of tho suggestions
!nstigased By the treasury surplus. and
y may b. ysars before, II gets further
than . suggestion. - Ultoo FVea X
tSN s.-~o sorn lsi l34'
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The Whistler DUCK.

Do you know why this duck is called
the Whistler It flies 50 fast that i
makes its wings fairly whistle through
the mir! The gunner. waiting in am
bush. can tell Of its approach by the
shrill sound, and can got ready and
take his position before Is comes within
gunshot.
This bird has many other names b.
sides the Whistler. Golden Eye. Great
Head and Spirit Duck arc some d
them. The Indian, gap y ths lag
name be6ause It allows The hunhr u
oons vsrv ne.r n and then before b
csn | tvsng . h;s hov. The duck has van.
;shad hslew tho water. This frighsen1
.hs . .n,sr..,t;ou. u @ Indian. He thinb
thst % snch rsn;ditv Of motion can only
hs Jns 49, - msUic, and sLuddcrs Il ths
thonoht that he hss kied 10 Aoot .
sn;rit
'plr. T.. 49,, .,,..,- ..r.ops habit
!. tn;,as s sl~ q. ' n..t n sbe ton Of tall
a..S 0srs t,s. =. y nsSs ",d IA worm that tn
49, 49, 10 .sS = h-.nch.. ~" ~ s.ve fallen oG
issvi,s 80 on,v = siinper1 sola NOBODY
Lrn,,s NJ. ~. lander Young duck
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scRnFuLoUs- INHERYrrn

a oss ~ lGfllIED
And Gontaeious Hulnors. with Loss Of Ha;,
ana EInption of the Skin. are positively cured
.py GSTIoURA and CUr1cuRA SOAR externally.
ana CtTioUnA R~EsoLvEsT internally, when al
medicines fail "Asn an
Sold everywhere. Price, CUTIcuRA, 30 ct.
OARS cts; ~REsoLvENT, S1.G0. Prepared by
Mass. Doeson
EW, Send, for How to Cure Diseases,n 8.
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J that, carefully concealed, we're registered
government bonds, ~aggregatibg upwards
Of 4 900 Public Administrator S III
%Iryndale WAS assigned to administraie
upon the estate. Certain nephews and
nieces said that they were next of kin,
ani that q son OF Mrs. Smith, who went
to California thirty years ago, and who
had not been heard from for more than
fourteen years must be dead. Mr.. Tryn-
dale succeeded in getting a postponement
until inquiry could be made.
Fhe result has been that satisfactory
evidence. in the nature of an affidavit,
has pten received from California, show
ing that the son of Mrs. Smith is Still
alive. and h,ul had no knowledge OF his
mothers death until he had satisfied the
persons authorized to make the invesli
CATION that lie vas the heir OF Mrs.
Smith. Among the effects IF Mrs.
smith was found a photograph which
the claimants for her property admitted
was that of her son, md the deposition
sent from California has a copy ot the
same photograph taken in California,
u . copy was sent to Mrs. Smith four.
teen years ago. The principal reason as
signed by Mr. Smith for not having com.
municated with his mother was TINT he
was a poor writer, which his signature
to the deposition indicates.
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a&L.H4&t ~ GISilSu
which he said it resembles, but with
a difference - freshness, a bright
less peculiarly its own. He said
American humor was entirely orig
inal-a spontaneous generation, in
~digenious to the soil. There was an
American humor which was typifed in
the writings of Mark Twain aud which
was purely original. 1t had little regard
Tor Ideals. 1t stood Independently by
Itself, and there was not anything in the
way of nonsense which could stand up
before its scathing satire. Nh. Lowell
then addressed himself to the subject of
the American copyright, its meaning and
value. This was the only country where
native authors We're unprotected from the
competition of foreign authors who are
injured at the same time. IL YOU steal a
book l buy, you would call it robbery.
LII you steal a book which | make-What
is it? asked Nj. Lowell. The only way
to be protected from the English author
is to pay him legitimately for his
goods. No substitute for injustice had
ever been found satisfactory, and Mr..
Lowell thought some practical measure
ambodying honesty was one of the most
necessary requirements for the protection
OF American authors.
Mr. warns aduresS comprised q series
OF humorous anecdotes not the slightest
OF which was oil American copyright.
Edward Eggleston read a s'Prophetlc
Retrospect" He stabbed witt. keen satire
all the present foibles and fads of men.
and women of to-day. The satire was a
suppositional essay from a magazine of
100 years hence. r. II. Stoddard read
W. poems, George Cable, a Sketch From
Grand Point" and James w. Riley,
When the Frost on the Pumpkin
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ress and 9akrtaian
ESTABLISHING AN ALIBI.
THE DAYS TESTIMONY FAVORABLE
TO JOHN ARENspoRF

Wl4EFttHf
Direct Testimony that He Was Not Prss'
ent When Haddock Was shot-Cons
yiction Now Regarded - Doubtful
Tho Jury VIII Hang.
Sioux CRY, Ia, Nov. 2a-vary i'm
portant, and seemingly reliable evidence,
was given In the Arensdorf case, all GO
ing to establish an abb. Robert Bu-
chanan. a small boy who was early at the
scene Of the murder, and who was sent
for the doctor, swore that Arensdorf,
with whom he WAS well acquainted, was
not in the crowd that went west from
Junk's saloon, but that Leayitt wac.
Louis Hageners, formerly cook ut Shep-
ards restaurant, testified that on the
night OF the murder Arensdorf got sup
per about $50 o'clock In the restaurant,
and afterwards shook dice with him for
DRINKS at the bar In front of the restau-
rant. Carson, the proprietor of the
Cataract house at Sioux Falls, ate
supper at the restaurant, and was In
search Of a cook, and watched Hageners
TO see what company his prospective
cook kept. He saw him shake dice with
q man whom he cannot positively iden-
tify, hut said he had the same build, and
was dressed as he was that night. This
evidence is OF great weight as II is cor
roboratiye Of the statement made By other
witnesses. Other witnesses will be ex-
examined. The state has good rebuttal
evidence, but it will not break the de-
fense sufficiently to prevent at least a
hung jury.
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were worn ry most Of the women pres
emit and red neGktics aud hatbands by
tbs men There was q red and black flag
over the stage, and portraits OF the dead
anarchists were draped with black.
Many police were present. bnt found no
work to do Editor Schevitch was the
principal speaker. He declared that the
real fore gn class In this country
the class foreign to the interests OF the
peopls-were the Gouids, the Wander
bits, aud Sages. The foreign born were
not necessarily foreigners to free institu-
tons. hut the capitalists class were The
cry Of the rich for law and order was a
cry Tor protection to their ill-gottens
gains. The hanging at Chicago was
meant to intimidate those who dare to
thiuk Of political reform. If the red flag
stepped in the blood of martyrs to liberty
was dangerous to law and order, 1t was
because Law and order no longer repre-
liberty. The speaker advised all
of liberty to be rs fiery III their
language as they pleased, aud to defy the
Of the c~apitalistic press. His c~n
were not i~mmoderatc, however.
Resolutions were adopted pledging finan-
ciai support to the widows and orphans !
OF the executed men.
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The 8. & O. PRESIDENCY.
Stock Drops Eleven Points on Rumor o
Garrett's Caadtdney.

Stock Drops Eleven Points on Rumor Of
Garrett's Caadtdney.
BALTIMORE, Md, Nov. 20.-Baltimore
g. Ohio stock closed at 115 bid on Sat-
urday. Monday evening the market
closed with sales at 1914. The explana.
ton given by bankers OF this big drop is
that the rumor was rife that there was a
LACK of harmony among the directors as
to who should be president, and that
ex- President Garrett intended to be a
candidate again for that office. An In
qniry among the directors shows that
they are all of n mind on the subject of
the presidency, and that Mr.. Samuel
Spencer will be elected to that Office.
Nothing could be more foolish, said
one director, than that Garrett wanted
70 be president again. He resigned, is
OF Office, and was anxious to get out.
and could not be induced to take the
cares OF the office upon his shoulders
again. Just such silly people also say
that Senator German is to be- president
OF h Baltimore 81 Ohio The stock
directors all want Spencer, go do the syn
dictate Tho large stockholders outside
OF the Garretts want him, and 1t Is all
settled-Spencer will be tho text presi-
dent OF the Baltimore and Ohio.
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THE BGEcHER | o
How Orators orat. for the Cold Mon

How Orators oratt for the Cold Money
in Grafton.
NEW York, Nov. 29.-The feeling. in
Brooklyn over the Parker episode con,
tinues strong 1t was so marked yester-
day tha at when Assistant Pastor Holiday
gave out the usual announcement IN
Plymouth church, he omitted to read a
notlce that DR.. Parker would preach next
Sunday. He thought best to ignore the
notice. The excitement over the affair
was SILL greater to-day, however, when
y dispatch was published, dated Chicago.
IN which DIR. Parker defiartly states that
he received exactly $700 for the eulogy
on MI. Beecher, and that he considered
that no remarkable compensation for
travelling 5000 miles, leaving his pulpit
ana nome 1--WE weeks, and the work of
preparing the address. Members Of The
plymouth church commenting on this, as
serr that it is a well known fact that DR..
Parker also received $3.50 from Il pub
lisher's syndicate for the copyright of the
euiogy. Deacon Whites letter Yesterday,
saying that Plymouth pulpit would be
too hot for DR.. Parker, unless he ex.
planned matters, now becomes an inter-
esting factor in the situation. 1t is
said, to avoid a scene, DIR. Parker
will be asked to excuse himself from fill
Ing the engagement. 1t now appears
Maj. Pond has been unjustly blamed
in this matter. An offer Of $500 to DR..
had been previously made pri-
yately by others, but withdrawn. When
Pond suggested the eulogy later
Or. Parker assumed that the $500 offer
was renewed, and he added 5000, it is
said, for additional expenses, making
500 in all. Maj. Pond never agreed to
pay she gross proceeds to the monument
fund, but only the net proceeds. He
feels hurt 1T DR.. Whites structures, and
ridicu.es the idea conveyed by the dea-
cons letter that every body has been ami
mated by pure love OF Mr.. Beecher in
these matters. The major says 0ae ex-
traordinary love fer Mr.. Eeecner has not
materialized in hard cash, and is mostly
cheap talk.